歐·亨利是美國*傑出的短篇小說家之一，曾被評論界譽為曼哈頓桂冠散文作家和美國現代短篇小說之父。他的作品構思新穎，語言詼諧，結局總使人感到“既在情理之中，又在意料之外”；又因描寫了眾多的人物，富於生活情趣，被譽為“美國生活的的幽默百科全書”。
本書收錄了他的42篇經典短篇小說。

本書收錄了歐·亨利的42篇經典短篇小說，包括《警察與贊美詩》、 《麥琪的禮物》和《最後一片葉子》等。這些故事如此貼近生活，讓你以 為就發生在自己身邊。可是，就在你忍不住對這種熟悉感感到厭倦之前， 他又狠狠地拋出一個出人意料的結局，然後在你的目瞪口獃中揚長而去， 隻留下你獨自思索，獨自流淚，獨自微笑。

Chapter 1 The Gift of fhe Magi
Chapter 2 A Cosmopolife in a Cafe
Chapter 3 Between Rounds
Chapter 4 The Skylighf Room
Chapter 5 A Service of Love
Chapter 6 The Cop and fhe Anfhem
Chapter 7 Memoirs of a Yellow Dog
Chapter 8 The Lovo-Pbilfre of Ikey Schoensfein
Chapter 9 Mammon and fhe Archer
Chapter 10 Springfime a la Carlo
Chapter 11 From fhe Cabby's Seat
Chapter 12 An Unfinished Sfory
Chapter 13 The Romance of a Busy Broker
Chapter 14 The Furnished Room
Chapter 15 The Trimmed Lamp
Chapter 16 The Pendulum
Chapter 17 The Making of a Hew Yorker
Chapter 18 The Lost Blend
Chapter 19 A Harlem Tragedy
Chapter 20 The Lasf Leaf
Chapter 21 The Counf and the Wedding Guesf
Chapter 22 Jeff Parers as a Personal Magnef
Chapter 23 The Hand/hal Riles fhe World
Chapter 24 The Exacf Science of Mafrimony
Chapter 25 Conscience in Arf
Chapter 26 A Municipal Reporf
Chapter 27 Buried Treasure
Chapter 28 The Sleufhs
Chapter 29 Wifchcs" Loaves
Chapter 30 The Dup/icify of Hargraves
Chapter 31 Roads of Desfiny
Chapter 32 The Enchanfed Profile
Chapter 33 A DouWe-Dyed Deceiver
Chapter 34 The Passing of Black Eagle
Chapter 35 A Refrieved ReFormafion
Chapter 36 A Lickpenny Lover
Chapter 37 While fhe Aufo Waifs
Chapter 38 One Thousand Dollars
Chapter 39 "GIRL"
Chapter 40 A Technical Error
Chapter 41 A Blackjack Bargainer
Chapter 42 The Afavism of John Tom Liffla Bear